White-spotted puffer

White-spotted puffer

Taxobox
name = White-spotted Puffer



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Tetraodontiformes
familia = Tetraodontidae
genus = "Arothron"
species = "A. hispidus"
binomial = "Arothron hispidus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
The White-spotted Puffer, "Arothron hispidus", is a medium sized fish, light grey in colour with small white spots. It also has concentric contrasting white and dark grey lines that radiate around the eyes and pectoral fins, and this pattern gave rise to its alternate name Stars and Stripes Puffer.

* Found in: South-East Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific Ocean, east Pacific Ocean
* Depth range: 3-30 meters
* Habitat: Reefs, lagoons, estuaries, tidal pools
* Diet: Fleshy calcareous or coralline algae, molluscs, tunicates, sponges, corals, zoanthids, crabs, polychaete worms, starfish, urchins, krill, silversides
* Activity: Juveniles found in weedy estuaries. Adults nocturnal, solitary, territorial.
* Semi-aggressive
* Maximum Length: 50 cm.

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